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4This supersedes the timing of the enforcement

of the downstream oxygen standards discussed in

‘‘RFG/Anti-Dumping Questions and Answers,

November 12, 1996’’. See question and answer

under topic ‘‘SURVEYS 11/12/96’’.

Colonial Pipeline regardless of whether

the refiner takes delivery of RFG in the

specific cities that failed the oxygen

survey.

The adjusted oxygen standard applies

to all averaged RFG produced by a

refinery or imported by an importer

identified in § 80.41(q). In accordance

with § 80.41(p), the effective date of this

change is October 7, 1998.

Thus, under § 80.41(p) the more

stringent oxygen standard applies at all

points of the distribution system

beginning on October 7, 1998, including

terminals supplying the affected

covered areas and retail outlets in the

covered areas. However, EPA believes it

may be difficult for all regulated parties

to transition to the new oxygen standard

by October 7, 1998. As a result, EPA

intends to enforce the new oxygen

standard in a manner that gives parties

additional time. Refiners, importers, and

oxygenate blenders will be required to

meet the new oxygen standard

beginning October 7, 1998. In the case

of parties other than refiners, importers,

oxygenate blenders, retailers and

wholesale purchaser-consumers, (e.g.,

pipelines and terminals supplying

gasoline to affected covered areas) EPA

will enforce the new oxygen standard

beginning December 7, 1998.4 In the

case of retail outlets and wholesale

purchaser-consumer facilities located in

the affected covered areas EPA will

enforce the new oxygen standard

beginning January 5, 1999. EPA has

initiated a rulemaking to revise

§ 80.41(p) to reflect the need for

additional downstream transition time

when a standard is changed.

Dated: June 9, 1998.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

Sylvia K. Lowrance,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

[FR Doc. 98–18080 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6122–5]

Proposed Prospective Purchaser

Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act, National Mine

Tailings Pile Superfund Site, Park Hills,

Missouri

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Proposal of CERCLA

Prospective Purchaser Agreement for

the National Mine Tailings Pile

Superfund Site.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

proposed prospective purchaser

agreement associated with the National

Mine Tailings Pile Superfund Site,

located in Park Hills, St. Francois,

Missouri, was executed by the Agency

on May 13, 1998, and concurred upon

by the United States Department of

Justice on June 9, 1998. The Site is part

of an inactive lead and zinc mining area

known as The Old Lead Belt. The

agreement, between Classic Equine

Equipment, Inc. (‘‘the purchaser’’) and

the United States Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), is subject to

final approval after the comment period.

The Prospective Purchaser Agreement

would resolve certain potential EPA

claims under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended by the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act

of 1986 (‘‘CERCLA’’).

Under this proposed agreement, the

purchaser would be required to grade

the property, cover it with stone, gravel,

topsoil and grass and maintain the

integrity of the surface so that no mining

wastes remain at the ground surface and

the potential for erosion is minimized.

The settlement also requires the

purchaser to: restrict the use of

groundwater; limit human or animal

exposure to hazardous substances at the

Site; ensure non-interference with the

performance, operation, and

maintenance of any selected response

action; and ensure the integrity and

effectiveness of any selected

environmental response action,

including monitoring of groundwater,

soils, and sediments.

The purchaser is required to grant

access to the property to EPA, its

authorized officers, employees,

representatives, and all other persons

performing response actions under EPA

oversight. If the purchaser fails to

comply with the terms of the Agreement

and Covenant Not to Sue, the purchaser

would be liable for all litigation and

other enforcement costs incurred by the

United States to enforce this Agreement.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Availability: The proposed

settlement is available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101. A copy of the proposed

agreement may be obtained from Jack

Generaux, Remedial Project Manager,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments

should reference ‘‘The National Mine

Tailings Pile Site Prospective Purchaser

Agreement’’ and should be forwarded to

Jack Generaux, at the above address.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the proposed settlement. The

Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dave Cozad, Branch Chief, Office of

Regional Counsel, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551–

7587.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Dennis Grams, P.E.,

Regional Administrator, Region VII.

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AGENCY

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Internet Availability of 1996

Production/Capacity Data in the Sector

Facility Indexing Project

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) plans to include current

environmental information in the Sector

Facility Indexing Project (SFIP) as it

becomes available. To that end,

chemical release and transfer estimates

for calendar year 1996 are now available

from the Toxics Release Inventory. As

the Agency incorporates the 1996 TRI